Can Ritalin Treat Depression?
Can Ritalin treat depression? It’s often a reported side-effect of Ritalin that depression is actually causedby the focus drug. But Ritalin shares a lot in common with anti-depressants like Zoloft, mainly that they both fall in the category of stimulants. It can be that sometimes someone who wants to treat ADD is also using anti-depressants. […]
Biologics Continue Showing Off their Power against Rheumatoid Arthritis
Biologics are an increasingly popular technique for treating rheumatoid arthritic (RA) patients. Many are designed to treat RA or other forms of arthritis, but also are prescribed against anemia and psoriasis. What exactly are biologics? Biologics are genetically engineered proteins derived from human genes. They are designed to inhibit specific components of the immune system that […]
Are Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue the Same Condition?
That’s the question two researchers tried to answer, and they are arguing they are distinct. Is chronic fatigue syndrome the same illness as fibromyalgia: Evaluating the ‘single syndrome’ hypothesis is the recent work of Bhavna Abbi and Benjamin H Natelson in the Quarterly Journal of Medicine. Their abstract goes as follows: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and […]
Relieving Back Pain & Exercises during Pregnancy
Pregnancy is a beautifully painful journey. Building a new life certainly can take the zip out of the mother’s, so looking for a way of combating the inevitable back pain that comes with the extra weight of the growing baby. Some mothers are satisfied looking for ways to control the pain or alleviate it. But […]